The U.S. Conference of Mayors: Mayors from Across the Country to Launch Mayors for the Freedom to Marry

WASHINGTON, Jan. 19, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Freedom to Marry, the campaign to win marriage nationwide, will launch Mayors for the Freedom to Marry at a press conference during the U.S. Conference of Mayors meeting in Washington, D.C. tomorrow, January 20. More than 75 Republican, Democrat and Independent mayors from cities across the country have pledged to support gay and lesbian couples' freedom to marry. By joining the group, mayors hope to expand public and political support for ending the exclusion of same-sex couples from marriage.

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The broad-based coalition of mayors includes Rahm Emanuel of Chicago and Annise Parker of Houston, and is chaired by mayors Jerry Sanders of San Diego, Thomas Menino of Boston, Michael Bloomberg of New York, and U.S. Conference of Mayors President Antonio Villaraigosa of Los Angeles.

Journalists who are unable to make it in person will be able to conference in by phone.  Those interested in dialing into the press conference by phone should please contact Angela Dallara at [email protected] / 646-430-3925 for conference line information.

Freedom to Marry is the campaign to win marriage nationwide. We are pursuing our Roadmap to Victory by working to win the freedom to marry in more states, grow the national majority for marriage, and end federal marriage discrimination. We partner with individuals and organizations across the country to end the exclusion of same-sex couples from marriage and the protections, responsibilities, and commitment that marriage brings.

SOURCE The U.S. Conference of Mayors

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